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2019-05-14 17:45:45 | RESIDENTIAL (R3) RE-ROOF, FOURTH BUILDING REVIEW |
| CHECKLIST. |
| CODE: FBC 6TH EDITION (2017) AND CITY AMENDMENTS. |
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| ORIGINAL COMMENT: |
| 1- ACCORDING TO PALM BEACH COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER, |
| THE VALUE OF THE STRUCTURE IS $319,214. THEREFORE, |
| NEEDS TO COMPLY WITH THE ROOF TO WALL CONNECTIONS AS |
| REQUIRED BY SEC. 706.8 FBC-EXISTING BUILDING. SHOW |
| COMPLIANCE. NOTE: A SEPARATE SUB-PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR |
| ROOF TO WALL CONNECTIONS. THIS WORK CAN NOT BE DONE BY |
| THE ROOFING CONTRACTOR UNLESS ROOFING CONTRACTOR |
| POSSESSES THE PROPER LICENSE TO PERFORM THIS WORK. |
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| RESPONSE: |
| SAME PROPOSAL FROM MERCURIO CONSTRUCTION LLC THAT WAS |
| SUBMITTED ON THE PREVIOUS REVIEW WAS RE-SUBMITTED |
| AGAIN. THIS PROPOSAL WAS NOT APPROVED ON THE PREVIOUS |
| REVIEW. THE COST OF THE ROOF TO WALL CONNECTIONS |
| PROPOSAL WAS TOO GENERAL AND WAS FOR THE ENTIRE HOUSE. |
| THE 15% EXCEPTION DOESN'T APPLY TO THE ROOF TO WALL |
| CONNECTIONS AT ENTIRE HOUSE. IT APPLIES ONLY IF THE |
| COST TO INSTALL THE ROOF TO WALL CONNECTIONS AT ALL |
| CORNERS EXCEEDS THE 15% OF THE ROOF WORK. THE ROOF TO |
| WALL CONNECTIONS READS "ROOF-TO-WALL CONNECTIONS SHALL |
| NOT BE REQUIRED UNLESS EVALUATION AND INSTALLATION OF |
| CONNECTIONS AT GABLE ENDS OR ALL CORNERS CAN BE |
| COMPLETED FOR 15 PERCENT OF THE COST OF ROOF |
| REPLACEMENT.". THAT IS WHY I ASKED FOR A BREAKDOWN OF |
| THE ROOF TO WALL CONNECTIONS. COST TO DO ALL CORNERS |
| AND COST TO DO THE REST OF THE HOUSE. NEED TO SPECIFY |
| HOW MANY CORNERS ARE IN THIS HOUSE AND NEED TO CLEARLY |
| IDENTIFY TYPE OF STRAP TO BE USED. ALSO, NUMBER OF |
| NAILS NEED TO BE REVISED AS WELL. SEE COPY OF PREVIOUS |
| COMMENT BELOW. |
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| THE FOLLOWING ARE THE COMMENTS FROM PREVIOUS REVIEW: |
| DAVE WIKEL- PRESIDENT OF THERMA SEAL ROOF SYSTEMS, LLC |
| E-MAILED STATING THAT THE COST OF ROOF TO WALL |
| CONNECTIONS EXCEEDS THE 15% OF THE ROOF WORK. |
| PROPOSAL FROM MERCURIO CONSTRUCTION LLC SUBMITTED IS |
| TOO GENERAL. ITEM #1 OF THE PROPOSAL STATES "REMOVE THE |
| T AND G DECKING AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE EXISTING |
| HOUSE". PROVIDE PROPOSAL WITH COMPLETE BREAKDOWN OF THE |
| ROOF TO WALL CONNECTIONS. PROVIDE COST FOR ROOF TO WALL |
| CONNECTIONS AT ALL CORNER AND ROOF TO WALL CONNECTION |
| AT THE REST OF THE HOUSE. CLEARLY STATE HOW MANY |
| CORNERS ARE IN THIS HOUSE. AND, CLEARLY SPECIFY TYPE OF |
| STRAP AND NUMBER OF NAILS. |
| ( 3 NAILS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. SEE SEC. 706.8.1.5 |
| FBC-EXISTING BUILDING). |
| NOTE: IF THE COST TO INSTALL ROOF TO WALL CONNECTIONS |
| AT ALL CORNERS EXCEEDS THE 15% OF THE ROOF WORK, THEN |
| THE EXCEPTION APPLIES. |
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| EXCEPTION #2 OF SEC. 706.8.1 OF FBC-EXISTING BUILDING |
| STATES THE FOLLOWING: |
| "ROOF-TO-WALL CONNECTIONS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED UNLESS |
| EVALUATION AND INSTALLATION OF CONNECTIONS AT GABLE |
| ENDS OR ALL CORNERS CAN BE COMPLETED FOR 15 PERCENT OF |
| THE COST OF ROOF REPLACEMENT.". |
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| 2- OK. |
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| 3- OK |
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| 4- OK |
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| 5-- OK. |
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| 6- OK |
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| 7- OK |
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| PLEASE NOTE THAT SUBMITTAL OF ADDITIONAL AND/OR REVISED |
| MATERIALS MAY RESULT IN NEW PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS. |
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| IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT |
| JULIO GOMEZ |
| COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT |
| BUILDING DIVISION |
| (561)805-6712 |
| [email protected] |
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